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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (82967)4/23/2010 8:28:12 AM
From: chartseer1 Recommendation   of 224749
 
oh bummer! The weak tea party according to pbs

"By far, the "Boom Town" counties have the largest number of tea party-ers per capita - 3.27 for every 10,000 people. That may not sound massive, but no other community type is above 3.

"Boom Towns" have been reliably Republican in presidential races going back to 2000 - and even before then. But Barack Obama got to within four percentage points of Sen. John McCain in these counties in 2008. Those gains were probably temporary, given the current strength of tea party support.

The other big tea party numbers are in the rural, agricultural "Tractor Country" counties and in the "Military Bastion" counties, which are located near bases for the armed forces. Both of these community types have more than 2.8 tea-party members per 10,000 people. The "Bastions" in particular have suffered as a steady string of troop deployments has left them unsteady."

pbs.org

Don't worry! Be happy!

the hopeless comrade chartseer in the new era of hope
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